Johannes Heepe

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Johannes Heepe (born May 25, 1885 in Leinde ; † November 23, 1956 in Itzehoe ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman. He was the last leading clergyman in Mecklenburg-Strelitz .

Life

Johannes Heepe was a son of Pastor Paul Heepe and his wife Ann, geb. Then hurry. From 1896 to the Michaelis Abitur in 1902 he attended the New Gymnasium in Braunschweig . From 1902 he studied Protestant theology at the Universities of Göttingen , Rostock and Leipzig. During his studies in Göttingen he became a member of the Göttingen Wingolf in 1902 . In 1903 and 1904 he also became a member of the Rostock and Leipzig Wingolf Association . In March 1906 he passed his first theological exam. From Easter 1906 to Michaelis 1907 he worked as a teacher in Salzgitter . This was followed by studying history and philology in Göttingen. In addition, he passed the Second Theological Examination in 1908. At Easter 1910 he entered the ducal seminary in Braunschweig and from November 1911 was a collaborator in Braunschweig. In 1913 he was in Göttingen with one of Karl Brandi supervised dissertation on The organization of the altar sinecures to the parish churches of the city of Braunschweig in the Middle Ages to the Dr. phil. PhD; at the same time he passed the teaching examination.

During the First World War he served as a chaplain , first in the west and later until 1918 garrison preacher in Allenstein . In April 1919 he received a pastor's position in Neddemin in Mecklenburg-Strelitz; from 1924 he was also provost of the Neubrandenburg district. From 1925 he was a full member of the Theological Examination Commission for Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

In January 1929 he moved to the third pastoral position at the Marienkirche (Neubrandenburg) and became chairman of the joint upper church court for both Mecklenburg.

On May 1, 1933, he became a member of the NSDAP . After the German Christians associated with the National Socialists came to power , Heepe was appointed Oberkirchenrat in Neustrelitz in July 1933 . After regional bishop Gerhard Tolzien was given leave of absence , Heepe was the leading clergyman of the regional church in Mecklenburg-Strelitz as his executive or authorized successor . For this he received the official title of provost in October 1933 . After the unification of the two Mecklenburg regions and regional churches, the regional church leader named Walther Schultz Heepe in February 1934 as regional superintendent and first cathedral preacher at Schwerin Cathedral and as a clerical member of the Schwerin upper church council.

In 1937 he was appointed honorary professor for practical theology at the University of Rostock - as the first German Christian lecturer .

After the end of the Second World War and the liberation from National Socialism , Heepe was released from his office on July 1, 1945 and retired. In 1946 he was given the management of the Pritzier parish . This service mandate was canceled in 1949 after the church tribunal proceedings against him had ended.

From 1934 he was a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology .

His son Fritz Heepe (* 1920) later became a senior physician in Münster.

Works

  • The organization of the altar donations in the parish churches of the city of Braunschweig in the Middle Ages. Göttingen: Zwißler 1913, plus Göttingen, Phil. Diss., 1913
Digitized , Hathi Trust ( University of California )

literature

  • Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg parishes. Supplementary volume II: The former Strelitz parishes, Wismar 1937, p. 123f
  • Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919–1949. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2006 ISBN 978-3-525-55761-7 , p. 102f.
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 3963 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ John Heepe G02 R03 L04 , in: Roster of Göttingen Wingolf, born of 2007.
  3. ↑ See also Sabine Pauli (Pettke) in Heinrich Holze (ed.): The Theological Faculty Rostock under two dictatorships, studies on history 1933–1989. Festschrift for Gert Haendler on his 80th birthday; Rostock Theological Studies 13; Berlin, Hamburg, Münster: Lit, 2004; ISBN 3-8258-6887-7 , p. 55
  4. ↑ Church Official Gazette for Mecklenburg 1945, p. 25 ( digitized version )
  5. ^ Entry by Fritz Heepe in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Heepe, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Leinde
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1956
Place of death Itzehoe